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HarperCollins Publishers Inc With Malice Toward None : The Life Of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen B. Oates
The standard one-volume biography of Lincoln. --Washington PostCertainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written. --David Herbert Donald, New York Times Book ReviewThe definitive life of Abraham Lincoln, With Malice Toward None is historian Stephen B. Oatess acclaimed and enthralling portrait of Americas greatest leader. Oates masterfully charts, with the pacing of a novel, Lincolns rise from bitter poverty in Americas midwestern frontier to become a self-made success in business, law, and regional politics. The second half of the book examines his legendary leadership on the national stage as president during one of the countrys most tumultuous and bloody periods, the Civil War years, which concluded tragically with Lincolns assassination. In this award-winning biography, Lincoln steps forward out of the shadow of myth as a recognizable, fully drawn American whose remarkable life continues to inspire and inform us today.show more